Regional Geography of Pakistan

Auteur

K. R. Dikshit is a former Professor of Geography of the University of Pune, India (now retired). He has written several books, such as Geography of Gujarat (1970), Contribution to Indian Geography: Geomorphology (ed-1983), Maharashtra in Maps (1986), Environment, Forest Ecology and Man in the Western Ghats: The Case of Mahabaleshwar Plateau (1993) and North-East India: Land, People and Economy (2014) as well as many research papers.

Jutta K. Dikhit has been teaching geography at the Department of Geography of the University of Pune, Pune. She studied geography and German language and literature at the Johannes Gutenberg University., Mainz (Germany), and obtained her doctoral degree from the Sorbonne, Paris. Before coming to India, she worked as a lecturer at the University of Saarbrucken for a number of years. Her research papers are mainly in the field of physical geography. She is the editor of the book The Urban Fringe of Indian Cities (2011) and she is co-author of the book North-East India: Land, People and Economy (2014).

Texte du rabat

This book presents the four provinces of Pakistan, considered the four micro regions, owing to relative internal homogeneity and distinctiveness from adjacent regions. Each chapter deals with a specific province, its physical environment, historic antecedents, contemporary social and economic organisation and potential for future growth.

Contenu

1. Introduction: A Regional Geography of Pakistan 2. Balochistan 3. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: The Mountainous North-Western Region of Pakistan 4. Punjab 5. Sindh - The Gift of the Indus 6. Islamabad Bibliography